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unfortunately, romney has not made the campaign about that. he had a very narrow focus on jobs, and he's not talked about his own growth programs in ways that would persuade people, but left himself open to the obama tax. this, i think, if he sees it as liberation rather than mistakes, it could be a new beginning. gerri: all right. michael, thanks for coming on, you covered a lot of ground. >> thank you. gerri: follow romney's response when they sit down on neil cavuto at 8 p.m. eastern time. president obama making a campaign promise a reality, the death of the coal industry. mitt romney taking a lot of flak for saying half of the country doesn't pay taxes. next, i'll break down why he's telling the truth. telling the truth. stay with us. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but w
unfortunately, romney has not made the campaign about that. he had a very narrow focus on jobs, and he's not talked about his own growth programs in ways that would persuade people, but left himself open to the obama tax. this, i think, if he sees it as liberation rather than mistakes, it could be a new beginning. gerri: all right. michael, thanks for coming on, you covered a lot of ground. >> thank you. gerri: follow romney's response when they sit down on neil cavuto at 8 p.m. eastern...
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unfortunately, romney has not made the campaign about that. he had a very narrow focus on jobs, and he's not talked about his own growth programs in ways that would persuade people, but left himself open to the obama tax. this, i think, if he sees it as liberation rather than mistakes, it could be a new beginning. gerri: all right. michael, thanks for coming on, you covered a lot of ground. >> thank you. gerri: follow romney's response when they sit down on neil cavuto at 8 p.m. eastern time. president obama making a campaign promise a reality, the death of the coal industry. mitt romney taking a lot of flak for saying half of the country doesn't pay taxes. next, i'll break down why he's telling the truth. stay with us. ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable
unfortunately, romney has not made the campaign about that. he had a very narrow focus on jobs, and he's not talked about his own growth programs in ways that would persuade people, but left himself open to the obama tax. this, i think, if he sees it as liberation rather than mistakes, it could be a new beginning. gerri: all right. michael, thanks for coming on, you covered a lot of ground. >> thank you. gerri: follow romney's response when they sit down on neil cavuto at 8 p.m. eastern...
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mitt romney's ceiling 290 electoral votes. this is becoming a much closer election because of this issue. i don't think it will be the dominant issue but it will play a significant role in the battleground states. >> you want to talk about effecting who women vote for? you've got one president and his predecessors, george w. bush supported civil unions in 2004. and mitt romney not surprisingly is against evolution. he does not support marriage. he doesn't support civil unions. the best you can get out of mitt romney when it comes to lbgt equality is to say they should not be discriminated against. but the only thing he can bring himself to say is maybe they should be able to visit each other in the hospital. >> mitt romney spoke up for civil union benefits. >> let me switch gears. our positions on this are clear. we'll have to wait to see how the votes are cast in november. we'll have to wait on this issue. i want to switch to indiana where dick lugar went down in flames. huge loss. the tea party with enormous power. if they t
mitt romney's ceiling 290 electoral votes. this is becoming a much closer election because of this issue. i don't think it will be the dominant issue but it will play a significant role in the battleground states. >> you want to talk about effecting who women vote for? you've got one president and his predecessors, george w. bush supported civil unions in 2004. and mitt romney not surprisingly is against evolution. he does not support marriage. he doesn't support civil unions. the best...
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en estados unidos el presidente, barack obama y mitt romney hacen campaÑa contrarreloj y se concentran en la clave de la contienda, lori montenegro con los detalles desde washington. >>> mitt romney sigue con ser va conservando el impulso de su campaÑa >>> estÁn seguro se siente sudo triunfo que en lugar de decir si soy electo ahora dice cuando sea presidente su optimismo estÁ basado en las encuestas >>> todo el mensaje que sale de la campaÑa de romney es ya la hicimos esto es una cuestiÓn de tiempo nada mÁs en 12 dÍas se gana la elecciÓn >>> la otra cara de la moneda que mooepientras romney tiene impul impulso, ahora el presidente le darÍa 223 votos electorales en rojo los estados que respaldan a romney. para ganar se necesitan 270 votos, pero por conquistar quedan 9 estas, incluyendo ohio que es la es clave del triunfo, mooepts l mientras las encuestas muestran que obama tiene la mayorÍa de estos estados, tambiÉn romney le pisa los estalones como en la florida. >>> hay un gran entusiasmo y que vamos a lograr que nuestros seguidores acudan a las urnas en lograr una victoria
en estados unidos el presidente, barack obama y mitt romney hacen campaÑa contrarreloj y se concentran en la clave de la contienda, lori montenegro con los detalles desde washington. >>> mitt romney sigue con ser va conservando el impulso de su campaÑa >>> estÁn seguro se siente sudo triunfo que en lugar de decir si soy electo ahora dice cuando sea presidente su optimismo estÁ basado en las encuestas >>> todo el mensaje que sale de la campaÑa de romney es ya la...
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the temptation to make take big risks go for big results as become stronger and stronger mitt romney is the latest victim of it i mean there's a tragedy unfolding there of a very intelligent man who's been pushed into positions that he knows are not politically good for him and that he struggles to avoid he struggled to avoid endorsing a second tax cut he struggled to avoid endorsing the ryan plan and he was pushed and pushed and pushed this latest incident with his foreign policy spokesman is is an example of this romney didn't want to see that person go but he couldn't quite mobilize them to keep them either his father george was kind of an eisenhower public. was for his father george and his father george was a opponent of barry goldwater who in one thousand six hundred you supported you know who and what i remember george i grew up in michigan he was my governor in one thousand sixty four that george romney said i accept the goldwater nomination but i do not endorse him and he refused to campaign for him and that by the way is an important reason why he was in the nominee in one
the temptation to make take big risks go for big results as become stronger and stronger mitt romney is the latest victim of it i mean there's a tragedy unfolding there of a very intelligent man who's been pushed into positions that he knows are not politically good for him and that he struggles to avoid he struggled to avoid endorsing a second tax cut he struggled to avoid endorsing the ryan plan and he was pushed and pushed and pushed this latest incident with his foreign policy spokesman is...
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romney as an extremist. and to make him own everyone of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding for planned parenthood. he's taken some some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of appraiser rick perry. that is the tension going open. you can see it playing out day to day-to-day. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap. 90 plus support from the african-american community, strong support from the hispanics, and two to one edge with young people. the wild card is how many will get out and vote. the economy, as if the next six months are like the last two months, weak, obama is facing a big challenge. one thing i learned researching this book is that george w. bush was the first president to be reelected with an approval rating under 60% under harry trueman. polls that came out today have the president at 48%. he hasn't cracked 50 and staid there for any eleventh of time in quite awhile.
romney as an extremist. and to make him own everyone of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding for planned parenthood. he's taken some some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of appraiser rick perry. that is the tension going open. you can see it playing out day to day-to-day. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap. 90 plus support from the african-american...
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last night in philadelphia, republican presidential candidate mitt romney said president obama's proposal to raise taxes on millionaires is, quote, not exactly a grand idea. pennsylvania holds its republicans presidential primary a week from today, tuesday, april 24th, the same day as primaries in delaware, connecticut, new york and rhode island. hosted by the independent tea party association, this is about 20 minutes. ♪ i was born, free, i was born free ♪ >> thank you. what a welcome, tea party. thank to you this group, i owe a special thanks, the independence hall tea party pac, all right? you guys were the first tea party pac in the nation to endorse me and i appreciate your help. thank you. michael, i appreciate you bringing tea party members from the tristate area. and thanks, joe, i appreciate your being here. thank you. >> now, i am asked from him what it is like running for president. i had not expected to have the great privilege of doing this and i find myself having the time of my life. yeah, there are challenges and there are days that you get beat up in the newspaper and
last night in philadelphia, republican presidential candidate mitt romney said president obama's proposal to raise taxes on millionaires is, quote, not exactly a grand idea. pennsylvania holds its republicans presidential primary a week from today, tuesday, april 24th, the same day as primaries in delaware, connecticut, new york and rhode island. hosted by the independent tea party association, this is about 20 minutes. ♪ i was born, free, i was born free ♪ >> thank you. what a...
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black americans, obama 93%, romney 6%. hispanic americans, obama 69%, romney 29%. asian americans, hold on on obama 74%, romney 25%. question. where did president obama pick up such exhaustive ethnic support? >> most important i think is the hispanic support. when you consider if romney had gotten the hispanic turnout george w. bush had eight years earlier, he would be president right now. during the debates and all, you saw one signal after the another to the hispanic community that turned them off. meanwhile barack obama signed an executive order that stated a tem prayer version of the dream act, which helped him make up for the fact he hasn't pushed for immigration reform. >> mitt romney got the same share of the white vote ronald reagan did. and ronald reagan won a landslide. what happened was the white vote in those days was 88% and it is now down to 72% and falling. you have to get higher and higher shares of it. impossible shares of it for the republicans and that is the demographic did disaster. >> it is not a disaster. they have to reach out to nonwhites.
black americans, obama 93%, romney 6%. hispanic americans, obama 69%, romney 29%. asian americans, hold on on obama 74%, romney 25%. question. where did president obama pick up such exhaustive ethnic support? >> most important i think is the hispanic support. when you consider if romney had gotten the hispanic turnout george w. bush had eight years earlier, he would be president right now. during the debates and all, you saw one signal after the another to the hispanic community that...
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-- governor romney, candidate romney needs to make the case that he could be president romney. i think this election is romneys to win. i don't think he needs to disqualify obama at this point. set incumbent. he has the 45% not much more. president romney should go this is a little contrarian because every spit wants president obama romney, governor romney to hammer president obama as much as possible but i feel the best way to convince voters you can be president is to be presidential and that means giving serious speeches on foreign policy, about the supreme court and the debt and deficit and running a high road big picture campaign. >> do you agree with that? >> i think that is what romney should try to do. this is going to be a really mean spirited campaign all the way down the wire and both sides. i mean we have already seen it. it is going to happen. i don't think the romney campaign is going to be able to stay above it. >> how about the candidate himself and candidate obama? >> well, the candidates should both try to do that but i don't think -- so much money on both sid
-- governor romney, candidate romney needs to make the case that he could be president romney. i think this election is romneys to win. i don't think he needs to disqualify obama at this point. set incumbent. he has the 45% not much more. president romney should go this is a little contrarian because every spit wants president obama romney, governor romney to hammer president obama as much as possible but i feel the best way to convince voters you can be president is to be presidential and that...
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romney is a walking gaffe machine. when he says to obama you just made a gaffe, then we find out he made a gaffe previously. romney needs to reveal his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that speech. he has not stood behind a podium and said here is my economic agenda and here's why it's going to work. >> what he lacks in charm he makes up for in secrecy. >> eliot: i think you gave us the headline. there is a lack of clarity. a lack of capacity even to understand what he has been. where has paul ryan gone? being booted to aarp, further proof that the medicare debate that they relish they want to engage in, this is not a selling point for anyone in america. >> there was a moment when ryan came on board and we thought we woul
romney is a walking gaffe machine. when he says to obama you just made a gaffe, then we find out he made a gaffe previously. romney needs to reveal his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that...
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a mitt romney administration. we had to pretend that we didn't know for a long time. the subject for today, and for each of these subjects, we asked two or sometimes two groups of other brookings scholars to write a response paper. sometimes these were simply arguments, people who disagreed with the thesis of the main paper. sometimes more often they were efforts to sort of add texture and richness, look at the issue from a slightly different point of view. and then for each of these groups, there are 12 groups of three papers. we are having an event like this at which the authors of the main paper and the author of the response paper get together with a moderator from politico, and discuss the three. so our subject today is me america's role in the world, which has been a particularly, over the course of the republican prime areas, has been sort of a recur rent, thematic matter of criticism of the obama administratio administration, one subject the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that has been criticized a lot about. and it's actually
a mitt romney administration. we had to pretend that we didn't know for a long time. the subject for today, and for each of these subjects, we asked two or sometimes two groups of other brookings scholars to write a response paper. sometimes these were simply arguments, people who disagreed with the thesis of the main paper. sometimes more often they were efforts to sort of add texture and richness, look at the issue from a slightly different point of view. and then for each of these groups,...
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romney is right, j.p. morgan took the loss, its stock took hi a hit and diamond's reputation took a hit this that's going to happen in a free market economy. >> mort? >> well, first place, i do think this was not the kind of trading for your own account that the vocal rule was intended to control. this was something they were hedging in order to deal with certain potential losses or potential gains that they might face that so it was a lot with loss of about $2 billion. now, they have a portfolio of this kind of paper of about $100 billion, so it's a 2% loss in overall terms. this is not of kind of thing that is avoid indeed a bank as big as this. and i will say i was on one every his boards for six years. he is a most talented business and just remember, he avoided this bank avoided any of the problems of the other banks came into when it came to the mortgage backed security losses of hoe studs city of it because she was on top of his game. this was a mistake. the warning pays the price for it. it's not c
romney is right, j.p. morgan took the loss, its stock took hi a hit and diamond's reputation took a hit this that's going to happen in a free market economy. >> mort? >> well, first place, i do think this was not the kind of trading for your own account that the vocal rule was intended to control. this was something they were hedging in order to deal with certain potential losses or potential gains that they might face that so it was a lot with loss of about $2 billion. now, they...
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we don't know what romney thinks about foreign policy. he has advisers from every part of the spectrum. when i read the couple of speeches he has given on foreign policy, you strip away the rhetoric and look what he says he would do, and i find it indistinguishable from the obama administration. >> i want to ask you to pick up what is in your paper which is, the discussion of how -- excuse me, the discussion of these issues on the campaign trail actually affects a lot of the deeper things that are going on, the negotiations, the conversations with foreign nations and how it -- it affects those relationships. >> sure. thank you, isaac. i will pick up, i think from what -- what bruce has said and my co-author, john michael arnold and i are in the category of respondents that, where is ben -- that ben mentioned at the outset which is we couldn't find much to dispute. bruce and his colleague's piece. we did want to focus in on a couple issues, notably, including the one that bruce just mentioned. i think what bruce has just said is essentiall
we don't know what romney thinks about foreign policy. he has advisers from every part of the spectrum. when i read the couple of speeches he has given on foreign policy, you strip away the rhetoric and look what he says he would do, and i find it indistinguishable from the obama administration. >> i want to ask you to pick up what is in your paper which is, the discussion of how -- excuse me, the discussion of these issues on the campaign trail actually affects a lot of the deeper things...
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romney famously had some of his wealth in offshore accounts. i lived in europe for a year and i looked into getting a swiss bank account just because i had to get a european bank account and i'd heard that they were kind of cool and what i discovered was that when you put your money the swiss bank you have to pay them interest and i said to this was the banker you know the why and he said because we keep secrets so why would why would this guy put his money in a bank in switzerland where he has to pay them to take his money i don't believe ever fully explained that but i know that they closed his swiss bank account in two thousand and ten because it was too afraid it's going to politically embarrassing to have a swiss bank account but he saw that the cayman islands account and i believe it talked also about that he had accounts in other known taxation of luxembourg and ireland. so how does his how would his own proposed tax plan affect his taxes i believe the taxes about half because he wants to lower the taxes even more because they get the id
romney famously had some of his wealth in offshore accounts. i lived in europe for a year and i looked into getting a swiss bank account just because i had to get a european bank account and i'd heard that they were kind of cool and what i discovered was that when you put your money the swiss bank you have to pay them interest and i said to this was the banker you know the why and he said because we keep secrets so why would why would this guy put his money in a bank in switzerland where he has...
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it's very different from what the romney campaign, the romney campaign hasn't talked about this at all. it's sector private sector for the obama administration, really is collaborative approach. >> host: john, when you hear public private partnership what's your response. >> guest: ting goes to defining the role of government, and the federal government has historically had a long and successful history in research and development funding that clearly places in particular with pure basic research where there isn't an economic or business incent i have to engage in research. the government can go a long way. with collaboration in university, those sorts of things. ii think the trouble is where do you define it and what is the government's role in the partnership. very often the companies come in looking for research money and it's, you know, [inaudible] they can contribute to get to their bottom line. and look, i understand there are incentives for wanting to do that. i think the other problem is when the government views its as a partner, and is driving economic decisions for favored p
it's very different from what the romney campaign, the romney campaign hasn't talked about this at all. it's sector private sector for the obama administration, really is collaborative approach. >> host: john, when you hear public private partnership what's your response. >> guest: ting goes to defining the role of government, and the federal government has historically had a long and successful history in research and development funding that clearly places in particular with pure...
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boehner became the cheep spokesman for the romney team to get romney elected. he simply has given up dealing with what's best for the american people. >> can you fight them? can something be done to stop this? >> we'll keep talking about it, and the people will make the decision ultimately. i trust them to look at this and say why is he creating chaos the same as he did last year. the definition of mental illness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. he expects a different result, and he won't get it, he'll have chaos. >> thank you for your time tonight. >> you're welcome. >> ahead, sarah palin has been a little quiet recently, but what she is doing behind the scenes has her party on alert. easy label, right? but that label can lead to prejudice and discrimination, and we don't want to go there. so let's try to see people for who they really are. you can help create a more united states. the more you know. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. but they haven't e
boehner became the cheep spokesman for the romney team to get romney elected. he simply has given up dealing with what's best for the american people. >> can you fight them? can something be done to stop this? >> we'll keep talking about it, and the people will make the decision ultimately. i trust them to look at this and say why is he creating chaos the same as he did last year. the definition of mental illness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different...
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romney's for it. what does territorial mean? it means you tax things within the territory. right? very simple. plain english. no jargon. let's think about this. we have, after japan, the highest corporate tax burden in the world. so if we apply a territorial standard, and don't cut revenue collections, we've just put on the highest corporate tax burden on things we do inside america. not exactly a job creator. okay? it's very simple. when you hear the word "territorial" think they don't know what they're talking about if they're for job creation. the right word you should hear from them, which you don't, is "border adjustable." border adjustable means that when the goods hit the border coming in, they're subject to an adjustment that levels the playing field. and when the goods go out, they're subject to a border adjustment on tax and tax rebate that levels the playing field. example. when a bmw leaves the port of hamburg, the company gets a 17% of value rebate. it hits no tariff when it hits america. when we ship a cadillac to germany, it has a 17% tax imposed upon it. germany is
romney's for it. what does territorial mean? it means you tax things within the territory. right? very simple. plain english. no jargon. let's think about this. we have, after japan, the highest corporate tax burden in the world. so if we apply a territorial standard, and don't cut revenue collections, we've just put on the highest corporate tax burden on things we do inside america. not exactly a job creator. okay? it's very simple. when you hear the word "territorial" think they...
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that is not romney, that is not obama. that is protectionist actions by congress that raise the tariffs. >> i think that the facts argue against each other sometimes, . the eighty or subsidized elsewhere. -- they are subsidized elsewhere. we cannot make a lithium and solar panels. all of this is part of whose side are you on, trying to put romney on the camp of people like them. have we ever elected a president with a swiss bank account? >> no. >> i don't know. if we, charles? >> i am not running for the presidency, and if i did, i would not have a swiss bank account. [laughter] did kennedy have one? i have no idea. johnson was the most scrupulous businessman in american history. it was nothing in the past that would suggest financial shenanigans? come on, give me a break. what is going on here is that clearly, this is a campaign by obama -- cannot run on his record, so he runs -- margaret is right, fairness, who cares about you. the counter argument is quite strong, which is, you talk about fairness. among african-america
that is not romney, that is not obama. that is protectionist actions by congress that raise the tariffs. >> i think that the facts argue against each other sometimes, . the eighty or subsidized elsewhere. -- they are subsidized elsewhere. we cannot make a lithium and solar panels. all of this is part of whose side are you on, trying to put romney on the camp of people like them. have we ever elected a president with a swiss bank account? >> no. >> i don't know. if we, charles?...
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voted out of office, which can mitt romney do that barack obama couldn't. >> mitt romney knows how to sit down with someone and analyze the problem and find the aspects of the problem that are common ground. the democrats like to criticize this guy for making a lot of money. you don't make a lot of money without knowing how to sit down with people who may not agree with you to start. but end up agreeing with you at the end and that's what mitt romney brings to the table. >> obviously governor romney wants to talk a lot about the economy, and just what you're talking about, who can turn it around. and yet there seem to be, they're not side issues because they're core demographic issues that are affecting the party. i talked to former governor jeb bush about it. the standing among hispanics. a real liability for the party. >> the party understands that long-term we've got to continue what has been a long effort to reach minority groups like the hispanics and the hispanics are very entrepreneurial. >> to their credit, they probably have a better record of being entrepreneurs than some se
voted out of office, which can mitt romney do that barack obama couldn't. >> mitt romney knows how to sit down with someone and analyze the problem and find the aspects of the problem that are common ground. the democrats like to criticize this guy for making a lot of money. you don't make a lot of money without knowing how to sit down with people who may not agree with you to start. but end up agreeing with you at the end and that's what mitt romney brings to the table. >>...
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hard assault. >> here is the obama campaign defining mitt romney before mitt romney has a chance to define himself, and they're saying he's rich, he doesn't know anything about your life, he doesn't care about you? these are very effective attacks. >> i think romney has defined himself, and i think people do know who the guy is, by the way. he's been running for office for years now, we've been covering those campaigns, we've looked deeply at the guy, and what we've seen is a guy who basically runs a campaign on not the other guy. he's never wanted to focus on him. anyway, what do you think of this ad campaign? does he want to define himself? i'm not sure he does. >> i was at obama headquarters the other day, spent the day there. and it's clear to me their overriding strategic doctrine in addition to the gay marriage stuff, they don't want to run away from it, prit marry doctrine is to go after mitt romney. they want to meet him on the economic ground and they want to, as susan said, try to define him more. most people really don't know that much about mitt romney. they really don't know t
hard assault. >> here is the obama campaign defining mitt romney before mitt romney has a chance to define himself, and they're saying he's rich, he doesn't know anything about your life, he doesn't care about you? these are very effective attacks. >> i think romney has defined himself, and i think people do know who the guy is, by the way. he's been running for office for years now, we've been covering those campaigns, we've looked deeply at the guy, and what we've seen is a guy...
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i confrat late governor romney. i congratulate all of those who made the hard fight that they have for this nomination and i know that you will all fight even harder for the great victory our party is going to win in november because we are going to be together in that election campaign. and a party that can unite itself will unite america. my fellow americans, most important we are going win because our cause is right. we make history tonight not for ourselves but for the ages. the choice we make in 1968 will determine not only the future of america but the future of peace and freedom in the world for the last third of the 20th century and the question that we answered tonight can america meet this great challenge. far few moments, let us look at america, let us listen to america. to fund the answer to that question. as we look at america we see cities in smoke and flames. we hear sirens in the night. we see americans dying on distant battle fields abroad. we see americans hating each other, fight each other, killi
i confrat late governor romney. i congratulate all of those who made the hard fight that they have for this nomination and i know that you will all fight even harder for the great victory our party is going to win in november because we are going to be together in that election campaign. and a party that can unite itself will unite america. my fellow americans, most important we are going win because our cause is right. we make history tonight not for ourselves but for the ages. the choice we...
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he knew mitt romney's positions better than mitt romney knew his own positions. i thought the president was smart, he connected with the audience in the room and the people outside tuning in. >> b minus? >> he won four years ago for being cool, for being cool under pressure. and tonight, he was hot. he was overheated, in my view and more importantly, for the president, i think he will be viewed as a little too overheated and too hot in the view of the few people who still haven't made up their mind or haven't decided whether they'll vote again for him as they did four years ago. >> definitely hotter this time. i gave a "b." as i said last time, i'm a tough "a." i thought the president did what he needed to do, what many people hoped, part sons had hoped he would do two weeks ago and came out on fire. came out jabbing, with energy, what he needed to do. i didn't think he was too aggressive in this debate at all, i thought he did exactly what he needed to do, put mitt romney on the defensive, and i think that changed it for him. >> the conventional wisdom is a town
he knew mitt romney's positions better than mitt romney knew his own positions. i thought the president was smart, he connected with the audience in the room and the people outside tuning in. >> b minus? >> he won four years ago for being cool, for being cool under pressure. and tonight, he was hot. he was overheated, in my view and more importantly, for the president, i think he will be viewed as a little too overheated and too hot in the view of the few people who still haven't...
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the mitt romney ticket, the studies about the romney tax plan were done by democratic economists. and president obama says that think tank also has republicans. but one thing is that the president is using bill clinton more and more to make his case and he will be in florida tuesday and wednesday, trying to stand up for the president. >> eric: the theme of the convention continuing, obviously. >> reporter: no doubt about t. it was funny, yesterday, the president on the stump was saying after bill clinton's big speech and the theme was what you heard from the president, look, we have made progress, but we have a lot more work to do, trying to plead, give me four years, as bill clinton said. the president was saying here on the stump, he got a stump from someone saying, you should bill clinton secretary of explaining stuff because he made a strong case. he added, it was actually a different word than stuff. but he wanted to clean it up a little bit. on the weekend, especially sunday morning, that's a good idea. >> eric: that would be a long session, with the former president going o
the mitt romney ticket, the studies about the romney tax plan were done by democratic economists. and president obama says that think tank also has republicans. but one thing is that the president is using bill clinton more and more to make his case and he will be in florida tuesday and wednesday, trying to stand up for the president. >> eric: the theme of the convention continuing, obviously. >> reporter: no doubt about t. it was funny, yesterday, the president on the stump was...
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and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take a position on the bush tax cuts. where does mitt romney? whichever way the wind blows. chris: and when we come back we've got a perfect storm coming ashore. that could affect things. and we have the big jobs number coming next friday. if it's bad, could it tip the election? plus scoops and predictions right from the notebooks of these top chris: welcome back. this friday, we're going to get last unemployment report before the election. will it continue the promising trend we saw last month when the rate droppedown to 7.8%? the lowest since president obama took office. voters, optimism, favor barack obama, in the last nbc "wall street journal" national poll. voters who expect the economy to improve in the next 12 months are for president obama. by huge 40-point margin. kelly, i don't know whether it's chicken or egg but people who like obama like
and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take a position on the bush tax cuts. where does mitt romney? whichever way the wind blows. chris: and when we come back we've got a perfect storm coming ashore. that could affect things. and we have the big jobs number coming next friday. if it's bad,...
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the romney campaign, is it like george w. bush? that's what president obama would have voters believe. should you buy it? and stunning chinese athletes in the olympics. the politics of sports. can a nation's greatness really be measured by the medal standings? welcome to the journal, editorial report. i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid. and that phrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that argument as the labor department releases the latest numbers on america's unemployed. a contradictory message of sorts on friday as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%, while 160,000 new jobs were added, in july. the romney camp wasting no time pushing their plans for the economy, laying out his economic agenda to the wall street journal this week. and is joining the panel. wall street columnist editor, dan henninger and kim extras many. dan, with the new jobs numbers coming out a week after the second quarter growth figures, measley 1 1/2% growth,
the romney campaign, is it like george w. bush? that's what president obama would have voters believe. should you buy it? and stunning chinese athletes in the olympics. the politics of sports. can a nation's greatness really be measured by the medal standings? welcome to the journal, editorial report. i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid. and that phrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that...
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romney it falls far behind that. if you are up for -- a few are up in the air and barack obama has a chance to get those. >> fox news will fix that. >> finding solutions and opportunities in an environment of change and turbulence is what i learned during my career, it is something i want desperately to bring to the presidency. >> he thinks that experience is going to help our economy? let's take a look. >> we are not here to talk about what the person has done in the past, we're talking about what you can do in the future, how you can bring me and my children forward. >> who has the best shot of making that sale, charles? >> who can manage the economy. i don't think it is a particularly strong argument for romney to say "i was a businessman." it is a way to establish a persona of a man who is solid and reliable. the perceived negative of obama is that he is a guy who never ran a candy store before, his weakness is the economy. romney has to add to the persona of "i am a businessman." he has to add a program. mark ha
romney it falls far behind that. if you are up for -- a few are up in the air and barack obama has a chance to get those. >> fox news will fix that. >> finding solutions and opportunities in an environment of change and turbulence is what i learned during my career, it is something i want desperately to bring to the presidency. >> he thinks that experience is going to help our economy? let's take a look. >> we are not here to talk about what the person has done in the...
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what does romney say there? we're exceptional because we are a nation founded on precious idea that was birthed in the american revolution and propounded by our greatest statesmen in the fundamental documents. we are a people who threw off the yoke of tyranny. later in the speech he goes on to say god did not create this country to be a nation of followers. america is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers. america must lead in the world or someone else will. so this idea of american exceptionalism that there is something about our country and the way we reform and the values that we develop and our history over the course of 200 plus years and how we have acted that gives us a special and in some ways he mentioned a god given role in the world to promote both peace and security but also our own values. values of democracy. values of free and open speech. economic exchange. freedom of religion. equality between peoples. and i think the idea of american exceptionalism also connotes that
what does romney say there? we're exceptional because we are a nation founded on precious idea that was birthed in the american revolution and propounded by our greatest statesmen in the fundamental documents. we are a people who threw off the yoke of tyranny. later in the speech he goes on to say god did not create this country to be a nation of followers. america is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers. america must lead in the world or someone else will. so this...
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if romney wants to deal with this very efficiently. he says i am not barack obama nor am i the version of the old republican party. i'm there with the reform crew and would help to innoculate him with a lot of the bush curses. >> and one thing out of the extension of the wind power tax subsidy. >> very encouraging, very encouraging. he's got a great opportunity to counter punch. unlike barack obama in 2005 on he was voting for spending and voting against it and wanted to spend more than president bush. so, the bush years have a problem for barack obama if mitt romney wants to explore. >> briefly, dan, separate himself from bush? >> a little bit. i wouldn't go overboard with that. he think the republican base is ready to vote against the democrats and more a republican. >>, but those independents are the swing voters, they're the guys you've got to be able to persuade. all right, when we come back, how far have the chinese really gone to win at this summer's olympic games? hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's
if romney wants to deal with this very efficiently. he says i am not barack obama nor am i the version of the old republican party. i'm there with the reform crew and would help to innoculate him with a lot of the bush curses. >> and one thing out of the extension of the wind power tax subsidy. >> very encouraging, very encouraging. he's got a great opportunity to counter punch. unlike barack obama in 2005 on he was voting for spending and voting against it and wanted to spend more...
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some think mitt romney still is. in any event, he wasn't as conservative as the republican controlled 80th congress and he successfully tied him to do nothing congress and that gets me to today's politics because mitt romney is broadly acceptable to the american people in a way that his party isn't so his challenge is to establish himself as a centrist conservative and keep a distance from his party particularly the house republicans. the obama campaign challenge is to more for the republican party and its agenda with mitt romney and paint him as an extremist and to make him colin every one of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding. he has taken some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of rick perry during the primaries of that is the tension that is going on and you can see it played out from day-to-day in the political rhetoric. now president obama has demographics on his side, big gender gap, 90 plus support
some think mitt romney still is. in any event, he wasn't as conservative as the republican controlled 80th congress and he successfully tied him to do nothing congress and that gets me to today's politics because mitt romney is broadly acceptable to the american people in a way that his party isn't so his challenge is to establish himself as a centrist conservative and keep a distance from his party particularly the house republicans. the obama campaign challenge is to more for the republican...
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romney-rubio, a match made in heaven. >> match made in purgatory. [laughter] no, he is a ticket, smart, makes a great case, -- he is articulate, smart, makes a great case, has a record in florida -- >> but? >> everybody is an amateur running for office, and republicans learned that painfully in 2008 with gov. palin. >> this guy is no sarah palin. >> no, but he has a prickly relationship with the florida press. there are questions. does the cuban connection -- the dominant threat through the latino community is for mexico and central america. >> ideally, he is on the ticket and could solve this huge problem for republicans. i talk to people around romney who say that there are things about arabiya that make -- about rubio that make them nervous. little gaps in his story that could be resolved, but he will get a thorough scrub -- >> he could help them in florida, which ain't chump change. in the last analysis, people vote for president, not vice president. >> i am reminded of tony blair. even when you don't agree with tony blair, you love to hear him
romney-rubio, a match made in heaven. >> match made in purgatory. [laughter] no, he is a ticket, smart, makes a great case, -- he is articulate, smart, makes a great case, has a record in florida -- >> but? >> everybody is an amateur running for office, and republicans learned that painfully in 2008 with gov. palin. >> this guy is no sarah palin. >> no, but he has a prickly relationship with the florida press. there are questions. does the cuban connection -- the...
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and second that my association with byu and the sponsoring church means i must know mitt romney. about that first assumption, the fact that i once had a statutory obligation to defend the powers of the senate when they were called into question and to advice the senate leadership how best to use those powers does not mean that i don't have an appreciation for the importance of the executive power in the constitutional scheme. now you may think that the impeachment trial of the president of the united states an odd place to display such appreciation, but as those of us who are involved in the clinton impeachment will recall the senate leadership was committed to showing more respect to the office of the president than mr. clinton had. and so for judge silverman and like minded skeptics, i assure you that i have no bias here. although i do note that the powers of congress come first in the constitution. but we can talk about that later. as you've seen from your materials we have assembled a distinguished panel today. departing from the pattern used by judge baya last evening, i wil
and second that my association with byu and the sponsoring church means i must know mitt romney. about that first assumption, the fact that i once had a statutory obligation to defend the powers of the senate when they were called into question and to advice the senate leadership how best to use those powers does not mean that i don't have an appreciation for the importance of the executive power in the constitutional scheme. now you may think that the impeachment trial of the president of the...
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, governor romney, candidate romney, needs to make the case he can be president romney. i don't think he needs to disqualify obama at this point. president obama has the 45 percent support, not that much more, and romney, everyone wants governor romney to hammer president obama as much as possible but i say, he has the best way to convince voters you can be president is to be presidential. and that means getting serious speeches on foreign policy, about the supreme court, about the deficit, and rutting a high road, big picture campaign. >>chris: do you agree? >> thank you is what romney should try to do. he will not be able to do it. look, this is going to be a mean spirited campaign all the way down to the wire on both sides and we have already seen it, it will happen. i don't think the romney campaign is going to be stable to stay above it. >>chris: and the candidate himself and candidate obama? >> the candidates should both try to do that but this is so much money on both sides from committees you cannot control, those ads will be the real telltale of how this thing g
, governor romney, candidate romney, needs to make the case he can be president romney. i don't think he needs to disqualify obama at this point. president obama has the 45 percent support, not that much more, and romney, everyone wants governor romney to hammer president obama as much as possible but i say, he has the best way to convince voters you can be president is to be presidential. and that means getting serious speeches on foreign policy, about the supreme court, about the deficit, and...
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it is harder is it not for even a president like romney, president romney to do something, right? >> there is no question it is harder. but i have been in washington when the presidency changed from democrat to republican under george bush and then from bill clinton to george w. bush and also when george w. bush won the second election. his relect and there is a tremendous and after the election which will be vitriolic and vicious, both political parties will come together with the idea they have to do better and there is a feeling of good will for who ever the president is and that will help us even if harry reid is in control of the u.s. senate which i hope never happens. >> hope springs eternal. of the wisconsin.from the we call would his opponent and never heard back. she is always welcome on here. and a lot more for what is at stake. we spent the better part of the two hours trying to save the country and in the very least making you aware of what is going down in this country. if we do that. our job is almost done here . bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures,
it is harder is it not for even a president like romney, president romney to do something, right? >> there is no question it is harder. but i have been in washington when the presidency changed from democrat to republican under george bush and then from bill clinton to george w. bush and also when george w. bush won the second election. his relect and there is a tremendous and after the election which will be vitriolic and vicious, both political parties will come together with the idea...
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how does poverty this time around become a front-burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front-burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert kennedy appeared we have others in the house and senate. but really, people running for office tend to respond to people who push. so we have to be talking about organizing can we ought to be talking about people who are doing what we're doing here and reaching people in terms of the mass media. i think now people are very important to this. i think that the next level of people who are also being shafted here, who are not have those poor but low-wage jobs and our stock, -- and are stuck. for 40 years, the have not had a chance to go up because there are not enough jobs of there. instead of getting angry and say we will vote for somebody who will give us some help, too many of them are voting for the side that says no more taxes. in fact, let's cut the taxes of the people at the very top. that is no good for these people, but they are vo
how does poverty this time around become a front-burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front-burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert kennedy appeared we have others in the house and senate. but really, people running for office tend to respond to people who push. so we have to be talking about organizing can we ought to be talking about people who are doing what we're doing here and...